Sports Illustrated looks at the tax implications of Johnny Manziel going to Cleveland - instead of staying in Texas.
Manziel can still avoid Ohio's income tax on most of his endorsement earnings simply by making sure that he remains a Texas resident. He's thus likely to keep his Texas residency and not avail himself of Ohio tax law unless it's absolutely necessary. A local trading card show or endorsement for a Cleveland car dealer would trigger Ohio tax law, but national endorsement deals would not. Expect Manziel to avoid spending 182 days in Ohio, as doing so would risk him being classified as a "full-year nonresident" under Ohio law and having higher taxes.
Maybe the NFL draft should be a Tea Party.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Life's not a beach during beach week
It's almost graduation time.
High school graduates think about going to the beach.
Parents better think twice about signing for a beach house for the kids.
Parents with experience agree.
"No matter how responsible HE THINKS his kids may be, their friends likely are not. At 17 or 18 you haven’t witnessed enough cops getting called and pukings to learn the fine line between fun and problems.”
High school graduates think about going to the beach.
Parents better think twice about signing for a beach house for the kids.
Parents with experience agree.
"No matter how responsible HE THINKS his kids may be, their friends likely are not. At 17 or 18 you haven’t witnessed enough cops getting called and pukings to learn the fine line between fun and problems.”
Can Sam be cut?
The Federalist looks at a reason why teams might have passed on Michael Sam - fear of how it would look if he's not good enough for the 53-man squad.
This is the real thing the NFL is concerned about: as a seventh round tweener DE/LB, the odds don’t favor a long career for Sam. Maybe he’ll beat those odds, and the league would love it if he does. If he has a long and productive career, the league office would be overjoyed as will most fans. But this unnamed team is acknowledging that this cuts both ways, and they fear that whether he succeeds or fails, Sam will not be viewed as an individual player, and instead as a representative of a class, and that the team that cuts him will be accused of bias or homophobia or worse.
The Rams are a safe place for Sam to land - not a contender and close to his college. Eventually, his play will have to be the story.
This is the real thing the NFL is concerned about: as a seventh round tweener DE/LB, the odds don’t favor a long career for Sam. Maybe he’ll beat those odds, and the league would love it if he does. If he has a long and productive career, the league office would be overjoyed as will most fans. But this unnamed team is acknowledging that this cuts both ways, and they fear that whether he succeeds or fails, Sam will not be viewed as an individual player, and instead as a representative of a class, and that the team that cuts him will be accused of bias or homophobia or worse.
The Rams are a safe place for Sam to land - not a contender and close to his college. Eventually, his play will have to be the story.
Overcoming evil with good
DaTech Guy has pictures of the thousand-plus people who came out for good - when evil wanted to hold a "Black Mass."
Black Mass, they kicked your ---.
Black Mass, they kicked your ---.
#weak
"Hashtag Diplomacy" has a major weakness - doing nothing while others do something.
So parents have in some cases taken bows and arrows into enemy terrain to hunt for their children, because the guys commanding the most powerful and technologically advanced armies in the world are holding up cardboard signs and looking glumly into the camera, as if Boko Haram will be moved to charity by the ostentatiously pathetic nature of it all.
We've got a mob of people feeling they are doing something.
And the girls are still missing.
So parents have in some cases taken bows and arrows into enemy terrain to hunt for their children, because the guys commanding the most powerful and technologically advanced armies in the world are holding up cardboard signs and looking glumly into the camera, as if Boko Haram will be moved to charity by the ostentatiously pathetic nature of it all.
We've got a mob of people feeling they are doing something.
And the girls are still missing.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Watch for brown M&Ms
A nice video of David Lee Roth explaining the "no brown M&Ms" rule in contracts.
Ace dark; Jesus alive
There are server problems over at Ace of Spades today.
They are working to restore content, but until then this is the most recent post.
It's Easter morning again.
Maybe we need the reminder that the Black Mass at Harvard doesn't matter.
That side lost on Easter morning.
They are working to restore content, but until then this is the most recent post.
It's Easter morning again.
Maybe we need the reminder that the Black Mass at Harvard doesn't matter.
That side lost on Easter morning.
This week's long-distance dedication
How would you like to be the lawyer for Kasey Kasem's wife?
You get to tell the court you have no idea where your client has her husband - the father of those on the other side of the case.
It's a good way to lose your case - and endure the shame you deserve.
You get to tell the court you have no idea where your client has her husband - the father of those on the other side of the case.
It's a good way to lose your case - and endure the shame you deserve.
For an event with no mass appeal
DaTech Guy watches Harvard flounder trying to avoid bad news with the scheduled "Black Mass" by one of its student groups.
We do not agree with the student group’s decision to stage an event that is so deeply disturbing and offensive to many in the Harvard community and beyond.
Translation: After a weekend of national coverage that has not been favorable having no opinion o this event is no longer tenable, and note the use of the word “we” who is “we”? Is it we the university, we the exchange club, we the people fielding the phone calls from all over the nation?
It's my privilege to ignore you
Do you owe your success to "white privilege?"
This guy doesn't think so.
The privilege game is designed to circumvent arguments based on reason and facts and evidence, so the way to win it is to defeat it on its own terms.
Call: “Check your privilege!”
Response: “What you call ‘privilege’ is just me being better than you.”
It's his privilege to mock you.
This guy doesn't think so.
The privilege game is designed to circumvent arguments based on reason and facts and evidence, so the way to win it is to defeat it on its own terms.
Call: “Check your privilege!”
Response: “What you call ‘privilege’ is just me being better than you.”
It's his privilege to mock you.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
When the chips are down
Dustbury finds science - a chart showing a correlation between the price of potato chips and falls from wheelchairs.
Maybe they need bags of chips around the wheelchair to break their falls.
Maybe they need bags of chips around the wheelchair to break their falls.
Koch adds life to West Virginia
I'm visiting southern West Virginia this weekend, so I got to see an anti-Koch Brothers ad.
Nick Joe Rahall has to thread the line - being a Democrat where President Obama is immensely unpopular.
The ad hits the Koch Brothers and Massey Coal as helping his Republican opponent.
The Democratic Koch craziness has spread.
Nick Joe Rahall has to thread the line - being a Democrat where President Obama is immensely unpopular.
The ad hits the Koch Brothers and Massey Coal as helping his Republican opponent.
The Democratic Koch craziness has spread.
Lead, follow or get out of the way
Bull Elephant has a good post on what 's going on Rep. Cantor's district.
A friend remarked to me after Cobb’s defeat that what made this possible was the unique vitality of various Tea Party groups within the 7th District. I responded, “Do you think that’s a coincidence?” In fact, it is not, but is instead a direct consequence of the way Rep. Cantor and his supporters have consistently circled the wagons around the Congressman to ensure as much control of the local politics surrounding him as possible. Where in other districts, like the 1st District where I live, Tea Party and libertarian newcomers have been welcomed into the GOP tent, in the 7th they have consistently been made to feel unwelcome inside the GOP.
The Republican party isn't your private party.
The battle for the heart and soul of the party continues, and those who's been leading need to follow the voice of the people.
Or get out of the way.
A friend remarked to me after Cobb’s defeat that what made this possible was the unique vitality of various Tea Party groups within the 7th District. I responded, “Do you think that’s a coincidence?” In fact, it is not, but is instead a direct consequence of the way Rep. Cantor and his supporters have consistently circled the wagons around the Congressman to ensure as much control of the local politics surrounding him as possible. Where in other districts, like the 1st District where I live, Tea Party and libertarian newcomers have been welcomed into the GOP tent, in the 7th they have consistently been made to feel unwelcome inside the GOP.
The Republican party isn't your private party.
The battle for the heart and soul of the party continues, and those who's been leading need to follow the voice of the people.
Or get out of the way.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Tea for you
Rep. Eric Cantor's district has a new chairman - from the Louisa County Tea Party.
Maybe bringing people to a convention on Saturday morning means more than bringing in money.
We'll see how Cantor works with his new crew.
Maybe bringing people to a convention on Saturday morning means more than bringing in money.
We'll see how Cantor works with his new crew.
Fighting the clingons
Powerline notes how different parts of the Democratic party pull against each other - like those who hate Wal-Mart dealing with President Obama praising them.
But I see this morning that Robert Reich is angry with the White House for arranging for President Obama to visit a WalMart in order to praise WalMart’s commitment to “sustainability.” But WalMart is evil:
I agree with Reich that there are plenty of numbskulls in the Obama White House.
But this isn't one of the ways.
But I see this morning that Robert Reich is angry with the White House for arranging for President Obama to visit a WalMart in order to praise WalMart’s commitment to “sustainability.” But WalMart is evil:
Reich, who served under President Bill Clinton, called Walmart one of the country’s “worst employers,” with “low wages, unreliable hours, few benefits, discrimination against women and anti-union” offenses. “What numbskull in the White House arranged this?”
I agree with Reich that there are plenty of numbskulls in the Obama White House.
But this isn't one of the ways.
Bring back our power
Mark Steyn notes the inept show of "power" trying to use social media to fight guns.
Just as the last floppo hashtag, #WeStandWithUkraine, didn't actually involve standing with Ukraine, so #BringBackOurGirls doesn't require bringing back our girls. There are only a half-dozen special forces around the planet capable of doing that without getting most or all of the hostages killed: the British, the French, the Americans, Israelis, Germans, Aussies, maybe a couple of others. So, unless something of that nature is being lined up, those schoolgirls are headed into slavery, and the wretched pleading passivity of Mrs Obama's hashtag is just a form of moral preening.
Just as the last floppo hashtag, #WeStandWithUkraine, didn't actually involve standing with Ukraine, so #BringBackOurGirls doesn't require bringing back our girls. There are only a half-dozen special forces around the planet capable of doing that without getting most or all of the hostages killed: the British, the French, the Americans, Israelis, Germans, Aussies, maybe a couple of others. So, unless something of that nature is being lined up, those schoolgirls are headed into slavery, and the wretched pleading passivity of Mrs Obama's hashtag is just a form of moral preening.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Benghazi until you spill the beans
Why do Republicans keep talking about Benghazi?
It works.
People are suspicious of government, and the Obama team's actions after Benghazi raised suspicions.
How to your relieve suspicions?
Information.
Which we are still waiting for.
Thus, more Benghazi talk.
It works.
People are suspicious of government, and the Obama team's actions after Benghazi raised suspicions.
How to your relieve suspicions?
Information.
Which we are still waiting for.
Thus, more Benghazi talk.
Weekend watchdog
The first round is done.
Time for the rest to find their teams.
The second round of the NFL draft kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN and NFL network.
ESPN2 takes over the action at 8 p.m. Saturday's picks begin at noon on ESPN, with the final four rounds. Will you hang on until the final picks to see who your team gets?
Then it's time to get ready for the new season.
It's Premier League championship Sunday, and NBC and its networks will show all 10 games at 10 a.m. Manchester City looks to clinch the crown against West Ham on NBC, while Liverpool goes against Newcastle on NBC Sports network.
It's Chelsea battling last-place Cardiff City on CNBC, Arsenal-Norwich City on MSNBC and Bravo shows Everton at Hull City. Over on USA network, Tottenham Hotspur plays Aston Villa. SyFy has Manchester United clashing with Southampton and Stoke City visits West Ham on Oxygen. The stars of Crystal Palace and Fulham will be on E! and Swansea City and Sunderland are styling on Esquire.
Some move onto the Champions League, and the bottom three move down to make room for the some second division talent for next season's contests.
NBA conference semifinals continue Friday as the Wizards host top-seeded Indiana Friday on ESPN at 8 p.m., and the Thunder and Clippers battle in L.A. at 10:30 p.m.
Action in the Heat-Nets series moves to Brooklyn Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and San Antonio heads to Portland at 10:30 p.m. ABC carries the fourth game of Thunder-Clippers Sunday at 3:30 p.m. and the Wizards and Pacers battle at 8 p.m. on TNT.
The NHL playoffs continue Friday on NBC Sports network, with Game 5 in Pittsburgh Friday at 7 p.m., and the Wild host Chicago at 9:30 p.m. The Bruins and Canadiens play in Boston Saturday at 7 p.m. before the Kings and Ducks meet at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. will feature a Game 6, if necessary.
Belarus faces the United States in the World Ice Hockey Championships Friday at 1:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. It's the United States against Switzerland Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
The Orioles host Houston over the weekend while the Nationals head to Oakland for the weekend on MASN2.
ESPN has the Pirates hosting St. Louis Sunday at 8 p.m. The Giants meet the Dodgers on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m., followed by Indians-Rays.
On the college diamond, St. John's faces Creighton Sunday at 1 p.m. Comcast offers Florida State against North Carolina Saturday at 1 p.m., with Tennessee battling Mississippi State at 8 p.m. Miami heads to Duke Sunday at noon.
NBC carries The Players Championship Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Virginia hosts Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse tournament Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2. NASCAR spends Mother's Day weekend in Kansas, with Sprint Cup series on Fox Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The Brickyard hosts the first Grand Prix of Indianapolis, using the front straightway and road course area, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
The Formula One circuit visits Spain, with the race Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on NBC Sports network. There's qualifying Saturday at 8 a.m. after practice Friday at 8 a.m.
In the MLS, the Galaxy visit Portland Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. D.C. United visits Philadelphia Saturday at 4 p.m. on Comcast.
NBC Sports network carries the first stage of the Tour de California Sunday at 5 p.m.
It's softball championship Saturday on ESPN2. The ACC crowns its champion at 2 p.m., followed by the American conference at 4 p.m. and SEC at 8 p.m. FoxSports1 has the final in the Big East Saturday at noon. Comcast has the ACC semifinals Friday at 1 and 3 p.m.
The second round of the NFL draft kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN and NFL network.
ESPN2 takes over the action at 8 p.m. Saturday's picks begin at noon on ESPN, with the final four rounds. Will you hang on until the final picks to see who your team gets?
Then it's time to get ready for the new season.
It's Premier League championship Sunday, and NBC and its networks will show all 10 games at 10 a.m. Manchester City looks to clinch the crown against West Ham on NBC, while Liverpool goes against Newcastle on NBC Sports network.
It's Chelsea battling last-place Cardiff City on CNBC, Arsenal-Norwich City on MSNBC and Bravo shows Everton at Hull City. Over on USA network, Tottenham Hotspur plays Aston Villa. SyFy has Manchester United clashing with Southampton and Stoke City visits West Ham on Oxygen. The stars of Crystal Palace and Fulham will be on E! and Swansea City and Sunderland are styling on Esquire.
Some move onto the Champions League, and the bottom three move down to make room for the some second division talent for next season's contests.
NBA conference semifinals continue Friday as the Wizards host top-seeded Indiana Friday on ESPN at 8 p.m., and the Thunder and Clippers battle in L.A. at 10:30 p.m.
Action in the Heat-Nets series moves to Brooklyn Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and San Antonio heads to Portland at 10:30 p.m. ABC carries the fourth game of Thunder-Clippers Sunday at 3:30 p.m. and the Wizards and Pacers battle at 8 p.m. on TNT.
The NHL playoffs continue Friday on NBC Sports network, with Game 5 in Pittsburgh Friday at 7 p.m., and the Wild host Chicago at 9:30 p.m. The Bruins and Canadiens play in Boston Saturday at 7 p.m. before the Kings and Ducks meet at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. will feature a Game 6, if necessary.
Belarus faces the United States in the World Ice Hockey Championships Friday at 1:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. It's the United States against Switzerland Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
The Orioles host Houston over the weekend while the Nationals head to Oakland for the weekend on MASN2.
ESPN has the Pirates hosting St. Louis Sunday at 8 p.m. The Giants meet the Dodgers on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m., followed by Indians-Rays.
On the college diamond, St. John's faces Creighton Sunday at 1 p.m. Comcast offers Florida State against North Carolina Saturday at 1 p.m., with Tennessee battling Mississippi State at 8 p.m. Miami heads to Duke Sunday at noon.
NBC carries The Players Championship Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Virginia hosts Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse tournament Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2. NASCAR spends Mother's Day weekend in Kansas, with Sprint Cup series on Fox Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The Brickyard hosts the first Grand Prix of Indianapolis, using the front straightway and road course area, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
The Formula One circuit visits Spain, with the race Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on NBC Sports network. There's qualifying Saturday at 8 a.m. after practice Friday at 8 a.m.
In the MLS, the Galaxy visit Portland Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network. D.C. United visits Philadelphia Saturday at 4 p.m. on Comcast.
NBC Sports network carries the first stage of the Tour de California Sunday at 5 p.m.
It's softball championship Saturday on ESPN2. The ACC crowns its champion at 2 p.m., followed by the American conference at 4 p.m. and SEC at 8 p.m. FoxSports1 has the final in the Big East Saturday at noon. Comcast has the ACC semifinals Friday at 1 and 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Cotton picking
Powerline likes Rep. Tom Cotton's powerful speech about Benghazi - and not leaving a man behind.
Saving your people - instead of trying to save your political life.
That's the difference that it makes.
Saving your people - instead of trying to save your political life.
That's the difference that it makes.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Look at the eyes
The Anchoress sees a different story when she sees the eyes of the woman supposedly celebrating her abortion.
If you let yourself become distracted by what is coming from her mouth, you miss all that is revealed in her face, which tells the whole, and very different story. A month after the abortion — with the dramatic change in hairstyle that so many women effect when emotions are high and they need to feel in control of something — watch Emily, then. The light is gone from her eyes. The seeming disconnect between pc-fed head and instinctive heart is laid out in breathtaking and stark incongruity, even down to the shadows, the blue note, the lack of energy. Devastating. Cognizant of it or not, she is a mother in grief.
Matt Walsh has something for eyes prepared for the tough truth.
If you let yourself become distracted by what is coming from her mouth, you miss all that is revealed in her face, which tells the whole, and very different story. A month after the abortion — with the dramatic change in hairstyle that so many women effect when emotions are high and they need to feel in control of something — watch Emily, then. The light is gone from her eyes. The seeming disconnect between pc-fed head and instinctive heart is laid out in breathtaking and stark incongruity, even down to the shadows, the blue note, the lack of energy. Devastating. Cognizant of it or not, she is a mother in grief.
Matt Walsh has something for eyes prepared for the tough truth.
Hammer don't hurt 'em
The Libertarians have a candidate for the Sixth District - Will Hammer.
Nothing much can hurt Bob Goodlatte - as long as immigration stays bottled up in his committee.
Nothing much can hurt Bob Goodlatte - as long as immigration stays bottled up in his committee.
Bringing the tea to the party
An establishment backed candidate won the North Carolina senate primary.
Not a win for the Tea Party, but not a loss either.
Together, over the past two years, Tillis and McCrory have enacted a broad conservative agenda and pushed through some of the most ambitious legislative changes that any state has adopted in such a short period of time. The tax code got a rewrite, school vouchers were introduced, and an expansion of Medicaid was blocked. Tort reform, restrictions on abortion, and a voter-identification law were enacted. The moves so rankled Democrats that they began a weekly protest known as “Moral Mondays.” They garnered national attention as protesters were arrested week after week, prompting the editorial writers at the New York Times to declare the slew of legislative changes a “demolition derby.”
Maybe once he gets to Washington, Tillis can teach the establishment how to do things right.
Not a win for the Tea Party, but not a loss either.
Together, over the past two years, Tillis and McCrory have enacted a broad conservative agenda and pushed through some of the most ambitious legislative changes that any state has adopted in such a short period of time. The tax code got a rewrite, school vouchers were introduced, and an expansion of Medicaid was blocked. Tort reform, restrictions on abortion, and a voter-identification law were enacted. The moves so rankled Democrats that they began a weekly protest known as “Moral Mondays.” They garnered national attention as protesters were arrested week after week, prompting the editorial writers at the New York Times to declare the slew of legislative changes a “demolition derby.”
Maybe once he gets to Washington, Tillis can teach the establishment how to do things right.
Not going Gaga
Due to the Wizards' postseason success, they had a conflict with a Lady Gaga concert set for May 15.
The concert has been moved three days to May 12.
Guess the Verizon Center thought it was a slam dunk decision.
The concert has been moved three days to May 12.
Guess the Verizon Center thought it was a slam dunk decision.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
We're deeply disappointed, too
Here's a surprise - President Obama is deeply disappointed in us.
Can we be deeply disappointed in him?
He doesn't seem to see a reason why.
He can't even admit the most trivial alleged flaw. He's apparently attempting to remedy this alleged flaw, but can he just say, "You know, perhaps I didn't use enough tools from the social toolbox in the past, so I'm working on that now," he still has to claim "Nah, bro, I did plenty of that. (But now I'm doing more.)"
Can we be deeply disappointed in him?
He doesn't seem to see a reason why.
He can't even admit the most trivial alleged flaw. He's apparently attempting to remedy this alleged flaw, but can he just say, "You know, perhaps I didn't use enough tools from the social toolbox in the past, so I'm working on that now," he still has to claim "Nah, bro, I did plenty of that. (But now I'm doing more.)"
Still part of the Obama army
Democrats are trying to win in 2014 by trying to hide their party status.
Mark Pryor really wants to hide his Washington friends from his Arkansas voters.
They can run, but can't hide.
Mark Pryor really wants to hide his Washington friends from his Arkansas voters.
They can run, but can't hide.
War on women - economy edition
With the poor economy, more adult children are moving back in with their parents.
Who's doing the cooking, cleaning and shopping?
Mom.
Women have less leisure time - and do more housework - due to the Obama economy.
Can we get the country growing so these women can relax more?
Who's doing the cooking, cleaning and shopping?
Mom.
Women have less leisure time - and do more housework - due to the Obama economy.
Can we get the country growing so these women can relax more?
Monday, May 5, 2014
Trey bien
Nice to see Trey Gowdy will be the face on the House's Benghazi investigation.
Stopping watches videos and help the country, Democrats.
Stopping watches videos and help the country, Democrats.
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